WESTBROOK – Pike Industries’ blasting activities could cost the company up to $4,500 in fines from the city. The company conducted production blasts at its Spring Street quarry on Dec. 9, Dec. 14, and Dec. 16, and Westbrook officials believe at least two of those blasts violated vibration limits set by an agreement between Pike […]

WESTBROOK – Of the thousands of items in the vast collections of the Westbrook Historical Society, none mean more to Mike Sanphy, society president, than the genealogical records. The records, stored in dozens of neat volumes, contain certificates of birth and death, photographs, and other documents and heirlooms donated by some of the most well-known […]

WESTBROOK – Of the thousands of items in the vast collections of the Westbrook Historical Society, none mean more to Mike Sanphy, society president, than the genealogical records. The records, stored in dozens of neat volumes, contain certificates of birth and death, photographs, and other documents and heirlooms donated by some of the most well-known […]

WESTBROOK – Three decades ago, Betty Lou Trufant caught a cold and lost her voice. Like most of us, she suffered through the sniffling, the sneezes, the coughing and the laryngitis that often comes with the seasonal illness. But while the cold went away, her voice never returned. Until a new treatment allowed her to […]

WESTBROOK – First-year Westbrook High School Principal Thomas O’Malley is resigning his position at the end of the 2011-2012 school year, according to School Superintendent Marc Gousse. Gousse said O’Malley made his resignation official in a letter dated Dec. 19. O’Malley’s resignation is effective June 30, 2012, Gousse said. O’Malley, 59, was hired in August […]

WESTBROOK – First-year Westbrook High School Principal Thomas O’Malley is resigning his position at the end of the 2011-2012 school year, according to School Superintendent Marc Gousse. Gousse said O’Malley made his resignation official in a letter dated Dec. 19. O’Malley’s resignation is effective June 30, 2012, Gousse said. O’Malley, 59, was hired in August […]

WESTBROOK – On Tuesday, a sign up in the window of LeClerc’s Service Center in Westbrook advertised that the recently closed gas station is available for purchase or lease. But even as the locks on the doors at 952 Main St. were being changed, Jeff Farstad was still turning away drivers looking for gas and […]

WESTBROOK – On Tuesday, a sign up in the window of LeClerc’s Service Center in Westbrook advertised that the recently closed gas station is available for purchase or lease. But even as the locks on the doors at 952 Main St. were being changed, Jeff Farstad was still turning away drivers looking for gas and […]

WESTBROOK –Doing good in the community is one of the cornerstones of Girl Scouting, and Troop 1868 in Westbrook has taken that mission to heart. Just before the Christmas vacation, the six girls in the troop put up a mitten tree, along with hats, for the use of kids at Canal School who might not […]